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Rock band Pink Floyd was at one point approached to perform music for the film. However they turned it down due to other commitments. Yet they retain a connection with the film: much like The Wizard of Oz (1939) and "Dark Side of the Moon", it is said that Pink Floyd's song "Echoes" from the album "Meddle" can be perfectly synchronized with the "Jupiter & Beyond the Infinite" segment of the film. See links section for details.See more »

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Continuity: In the first view from the space station looking at the approaching ship, the stars are moving clockwise, so the station must be turning clockwise from the ship's point of view. But in the next shot, the station is turning counter-clockwise from the ship's point of view.See more »

Like a Circle around the human condition, 2001 starts at the beginning,
skips the middle, and proceeds to the ending, right back where we started.
Noting the weakness of words compared to image(s), Kubrick wisely dispenses
with dialogue, preferring the power and essence of the scenery, and allowing
the intelligence of the audience to do the deciphering. Or not, depending
on the audience.

A monolith in cinematic history, 2001 is a high water mark of direction,
execution, and achievement. If one considers the ambition of the film (a
film about everything), and the measure of success the film achieved to that
end, a very sound argument for this being the greatest of all films can be
made.

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